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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Gift tree up at Central Red Apple Wednesday, December 3, 2003 - THREE Murray’s hosts gift tree for Morrow IHS holds fall sports dessert County foster children Marlene Currin, gift tree coordinator, with Christmas gift tree at Central Red Apple. (L-R): Nick Christman, Billy Gates, John Walton and Paul Neiffer received awards in football. A gift tree has been placed at C entral Red Apple. Anyone interested in participating in the gift giv ing can pick a tag o ff the tree and purchase the items listed. The tags include children and adults from M orrow County. Extra tags will also be added in the next few days. G ift-w rapped presents, with the designated num ber clearly m arked on the present, are to be returned to the N eighborhood C enter by Friday, Dec. 19. The tree is sponsored by Hope/Valby/All Saints Shared Ministries. Nam es are provided by the South M orrow County N eighborhood Center. Sign up period for EQIP now open T he U SD A N atural R e s o u r c e s C o n s e r v a tio n Service (N R C S ) announced that the first sign-up period for th e 2 0 0 4 E n v iro n m e n ta l Q uality Incentives Program (EQIP) in Oregon is open now and will close Dec. 31. T he E nvironm ental Quality Incentives Program is a voluntary conservation cost s h a re p r o g ra m . T h ro u g h EQIP, farm ers and ranchers m ay receiv e financial and te c h n ic a l h e lp to in s ta ll structural and m anagem ent c o n s e rv a tio n p ra c tic e s on e lig ib le a g ric u ltu ra l land. Agricultural land may include cro p lan d , g raz e d land and forestland. E Q IP activ ities are carried out according to an E Q IP p la n o f o p e ra tio n s developed with the producer. Incentive paym ents m ay also be m a d e to e n c o u ra g e a p r o d u c e r to a d o p t la n d management practices such as residue m anagem ent, direct seeding, conservation crop rotations and irrigation water management. EQIP applications are accepted throughout the year, but cut o ff dates apply for each funding period. People w ho applied and w ere not funded in 2 0 0 3 s h o u ld c o n ta c t N R C S i f th e y a re s till interested in participating. N R C S e v a lu a te s e a c h application using a state and locally d ev elo p ed ranking p ro c e s s to s e le c t p rio rity proposals for funding. For more information, visit N R C S at the U SD A A g S e r v ic e C e n te r a t 4 3 0 Heppner/Lexington Highway or call them at 676-5021. ... Cam Wishart displays gift tree at Murray’s Drug. A gift tree for Morrow County foster children has been set up at M u rray ’s Drugs. T here are 28 nam es o f children ranging in age from infant to 18 years. A nyone interested in purchasing gifts may stop by M urray’s and take either a whole tag, or buy a specific item from a tag. Gift-wrapped presents should be returned to M urray’s by Friday, Dec. 19. For more information ask store personnel. Creative Arts and Crafts changes meeting date The m eeting date has change to D ec. 18 for the M orrow C o u n try C reativ e A rts and Crafts. E veryone is asked to bring a gift for the Christmas gift exchange as well as a plate o f goodies to share. Presents should be under $ 10. A lso on the agenda is th e w o rk s h o p p o lic y and Sandra Haynes workshops in scratch board set for Jan. 17 and 18 and colored pencil set fo r F eb. 14 an d 15. A n y rpem ber or people interested ‘- H I ’ - n * <0 h ., II in these w orkshops should contact Judie Laughlin at 676- 9781. The scratch board class m ust be paid for by Dec. 18 a n d th e c o lo r e d p e n c il w orkshop by Jan. 15. H a y n e s w ill be displaying several choices o f s u b je c ts at th e m e e tin g . A nyone interested in seeing the pieces is invited to attend. A draw ing for a 5x7- inch m atted Robert W alton print will also be held at the Dec. 18 meeting. , (L-R): Natalie McElligott, Meghan McCabe and Kayla LaRue received awards in volleyball. lone High School held its fall sports dessert/aw ards night Thursday, Nov. 20 at the high school cafeteria. The football team was recognized for having the second highest GPA for 1A schools in the state, w ith a 3.41 average. The team record for the year was 6 and 3. Head C o a c h D ale H o llan d and assistant Dennis Stefani gave out the following awards: Big Stick Aw ard for an incredible h it- B illy G a te s ; M o st I m p ro v e d P la y e r- J o h n W alton; Top Tackier- N ick Christman; Top Blocker- Paul N eiffer; and M ost Valuable Player- Nick Christman. Head volleyball coach Charity McElligott recognized the team for an incredible year despite m any injuries and illnesses. The junior v arsity team was congratulated for being undefeated for the year. M cE llig o tt and JV coach Cathy M cCabe gave out the fo llo w in g a w a rd s : M o st Im p ro v e d P la y e r- Ka yl a LaRue; M ost Inspirational Player- M eghan M cC abe; and M ost Valuable Player- Natalie McElligott. COPY PAPER R eam o r C arton Heppner Gazette-Times 6 7 6 -9 2 2 8 , Starting December 15 th THERE'S A NEW TEAM IN TOWN Left to Right: Back Row - Kay Rene Qualls, New Accounts Representative; Darrell Raver. Branch Manager and Loan Officer; Sharon Harrison, Assistant Branch Manager and Installment Loan Officer; Deona Hodges, New Accounts Representative. Front Row - Lynne Uitto, Customer Service Representative; Vicki Rayburn. Customer Service Representative; Florene Robinson, Customer Service Representative; Bev Crum, Customer Service Representative; Rosemary Bums, Customer Service Representative. Heppner Branch Member FDIC
